I always thought they came out of your nose

Méditations

Or does the bubble reputation distract you? Keep before your eyes the swift onset of oblivion, and the abysses of eternity before us and behind; mark how hollow are the echoes of applause, how fickle and undiscerning the judgments of professed admirers, and how puny the arena of human fame. For the entire earth is but a point, and the place of our own habitation but a minute corner in it; and how many are therein who will praise you, and what sort of men are they?

-Marcus Aurelius, Méditations

The universe

From the excellent xkcd

Complacency.

AK47 munitions, rocket launchers and other fun stuff are on their way to landlocked Zimbabwe via South Africa. The Zanu-PF are not releasing the results of the election, so South Africa could easily argue that they are not technically the people’s government, and therefore not eligible to take delivery. If they had real cajones they’d ship to Mr Tsvangirai’s MDC, but that’s just old colonial gibberish.

First post

outsourcethinking will now start blogging. I am tired of constantly having to remember small ideas that i have throughout the day, and having a blog will allow me to

a) improve my writing
b) capture my ideas for future use
c) see if i can keep this up for more than a few posts.